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BIB19 Layout 1 2019 Budget in Brief Hamilton County, Ohio Board of County Commissioners Denise Driehaus Todd Portune Stephanie Summerow Dumas County Administrator Jeff Aluotto About the Cover The 2019 Budget in Brief cover showcases six Hamilton County entities that celebrated milestone anniversaries during 2018. Anderson Township The Banks 225 Years 10 Years Situated on both the A working Ohio River and the partnership Little Miami Scenic between River, Anderson is the City of noted for its high qual‐ Cincinnati and Hamilton County, The Banks ity of life, exceptional Public Partnership ensures timely, safe, public services, excel‐ efficient, and inclusive management of the lent schools, parks, and public infrastructure of the riverfront proj‐ riverside entertain‐ ect. Reds CEO Bob Castellini (chair of the ment. This tree‐lined community celebrat‐ Joint Banks Steering Committee), marked ed in 2018 with special events, banners, a 10 years since the groundbreaking at The series of videos, and a pictorial book. Banks with children born in April 2008. Cincinnati Cincinnati Observatory Shakespeare 175 Years Company Known as ‘The 25th Season Birthplace of A professional American theatre company Astronomy,’ dedicated to the Observato‐ bringing Shakes‐ ry is a fully functioning 19th century obser‐ peare and the classics to life for audiences vatory and a National Historic Landmark of all ages, CSC relocated in 2017 to the used daily by the public and amateur Otto M. Budig Theater in Over‐the‐Rhine. astronomers, civic organizations, teachers, Each year, its education and outreach students, and history buffs in the study and programs reach over 50,000 young people practice of 21st century astronomy. and under‐served community members. HOME Village of Cincinnati Cleves 50 Years 200 Years The mission of Established in HOME (Housing 1818, Cleves Opportunities is located Made Equal) is to eliminate illegal discrimi‐ in western nation in housing and promote stable Hamilton County, 16 miles west of down‐ integrated communities. HOME services town Cincinnati. Sitting along the banks of help prevent homelessness and educate the Great Miami River with convenient tenants and landlords about their rights access from US 50 and SR 128, the Village and responsibilities through an enforce‐ is named for John Cleves Symmes, a dele‐ ment team, tenant advocates, a mobility gate to the Continental Congress who lived program, and education/outreach courses. here and laid out the original town sites. About Hamilton County Hamilton County covers 414 square miles in the south‐ western corner of the State of Ohio. Located on the OHIO Ohio River, with its county seat in Cincinnati, Hamilton is the third most populous county in the State. Established in 1790, the County was only the second to be carved out of the Northwest Territory. It predated Ohio statehood by 13 years and its boundaries included one‐eighth of what is now Ohio. Cincinnati was the population center of Hamilton County until the industrial era, when the city’s Cities residents began to spread to the Blue Ash 12,199 Montgomery 10,746 suburbs. The city contained 80% Cheviot 8,292 Mt. Healthy 6,063 of the County’s population in the Cincinnati 301,301 North College Hill 9,309 Deer Park 5,679 Norwood 19,870 1900 census, but currently only Forest Park 18,690 Reading 10,260 37% of the population resides in Harrison 11,300 Sharonville* 11,376 Cincinnati. Indian Hill 5,874 Springdale 11,213 Loveland* 9,899 Wyoming 8,536 Madeira 9,149 Total 469,778 Government Structure Milford* 22 County commissioners make up Villages the general administrative body Addyston 944 Lincoln Heights 3,334 Amberley Village 3,778 Lockland 3,462 for county government. They hold Arlington Heights 740 Mariemont 3,433 authority for government taxing, Cleves 3,422 Newtown 2,662 budgeting, appropriating, and Elmwood Place 2,194 North Bend 867 Evendale 2,864 Silverton 4,753 purchasing; and they hold title to Fairfax 1,707 St. Bernard 4,363 county property. In addition, eight Glendale 2,180 Terrace Park 2,289 other elected officials, the judici‐ Golf Manor 3,532 Woodlawn 3,298 Greenhills 3,597 Total 53,419 ary, and several independent commissions possess executive Townships authority for their offices. Anderson 43,969 Miami 10,807 Colerain 59,217 Springfield 36,572 Columbia 4,502 Sycamore 19,422 In 1963, the Hamilton County Crosby 2,808 Symmes 14,876 Board of Commissioners created Delhi 29,686 Whitewater 5,477 the appointed office of County Green 59,042 Total 290,625 Harrison 4,247 Administrator to manage Board policies and prepare the Population by Jurisdiction. The total County population is 813,822 (per 2017 census estimates). County budget. Populations for cities with an asterisk (*) above include only those portions within Hamilton County. 1 Treasurer Clerk of Courts Court of Sheriff I Z E N S O C I T F Appeals Court of Recorder Common Pleas Prosecuting Domestic Attorney Relations Court H Engineer A Y Juvenile Court M T I U N L T O N C O Coroner Municipal Court Auditor Elected Probate Court Officials Board of County Commissioners Departments under the jurisdiction of the Board County Administrator County Human Communications Environmental Appointed by the Board Facilities Resources Center Services County Administration Job and Family Services (JFS) Planning + Development County services for which the Board of County Commissioners is solely responsible Board of Building Appeals Earthworks Appeals Board Paul Brown Stadium Board of Building Standards Economic Inclusion Advisory Council Oral Health Coalition Board of Zoning Appeals Great American Ball Park Office of Reentry Commission on Women and Girls Hospital Commission Storm Drainage Appeals Community Development Advisory JFS Planning Commission Rural Zoning Commission Committee Local Corrections Planning Board Tax Incentive Review Council Dog Warden Metropolitan Sewer District Tax Levy Review Committee County services for which the Board of County Commissioners shares responsibility Board of Elections Hamilton County Heroin Coalition Records Commission Board of Revision Investment Advisory Committee Regional Economic Development Initiative Cincinnati Area Geographic Information Integrating Committee (District 2) Regional Planning Commission System (CAGIS) Land Reutilization Corporation River City Correctional Facility Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority Law Library Resources Board Soil and Water Conservation District Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens Mental Health and Recovery Services Recycling and Solid Waste District County Law Enforcement Applied Miami Valley Resource Conservation and Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Regionally (CLEAR) Development Council Authority Community Action Agency OH‐KY‐IN Regional Council of Stormwater District Oversight Board Community Improvement Corporation Governments Transportation Improvement District Convention Facilities Authority Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Union Terminal Restoration Developmental Disabilities Services Board Authority Veterans Service Commission Elderly Services Program Advisory Council Public Defender Commission Volunteer Peace Officers’ Dependents Emergency Management Agency Public Health District Fund Family and Children First Council Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton Workforce Investment Board Hamilton County Development Company County Organization Chart Hamilton County’s judges and other elected officials (grouped around the citizens at the top of the chart) are independent administrators of their departments. The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), and the County Administrator as its representative, have direct jurisdic‐ tion over the seven areas beneath the Board. The BOCC also has sole responsibility for the entities grouped in the next box and shares responsibility for the services in the box at the bottom of the chart. 2 Budget Structure The accounts of the County are 2019 Budget organized on the basis of funds. General vs. Restricted Funds Fund accounting restricts revenue according to its intended purpose and is used to comply with legal Restricted and contractual provisions. Funds Revenue collected in the County’s $1.01B* general fund can be used for any purpose (and much of the budget process is focused on this fund), but the general fund comprises only 18% of the total County budget in 2019. The other 82% is General in 100+ restricted funds (including Fund grants), where dedicated revenue $239.2M sources may be used only for Grant Funds legally permissible expenses. $56.9M The total Hamilton County operat‐ ing budget appropriated by the Board of County Commissioners for 2019 is $1.31 billion. The budget is composed of the following categories of expenses: • $353.6 million is in tax levy funds, including the eight property tax levies (pages 14‐15) and the Union Terminal sales tax levy (spotlight on page 12). • $239.2 million is the County’s general fund (pages 4‐9). • $219.9 million is the Metropolitan Sewer District (page 13). • $156.3 million is Job and Family Services programs not supported by the Children’s Services property tax levy, including grant funds (page 13). • $92.5 million is riverfront and stadium expenses (page 10). • $56.9 million is state and federal grant funding. (Grant budgets are not addressed in this brief because they operate on different fiscal years.) • $57.1 million is employee health and workers’ compensation insurance. • $34.7 million is the Engineer’s office for road and bridge maintenance. • $11.9 million is debt service on County capital improvements. • That
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